Orktober Iron Cup 3 | 9 October 2022 | Holmfirth | RickWreckless wins

[spleggy]

The Holmfirth Gaming Centre in association with WYBBL presents..

Orktober Iron Cup 3
NAF ranked

General Information
Orktober Iron Cup II will be held on Sunday 9th October 2022 at Holmfirth Gaming Centre, 1 Miry Ln, New Mill, Thongsbridge, Holmfirth HD9 7HP. The venue has free parking, food is provided as part of the ticket price and additional drinks and snacks are available to purchase on site.

Rules
In time honoured tradition of the Yorkshire One Day World Cup we will be using the ruleset from an upcoming major tournament but as a single coach rather than squad based format. For Orktober Iron Cup this year we will be using the Euros Rules set.
http://www.eurobowl.eu/2022/default.asp?p=2

Note that in line with the Euros ruleset we are NOT using any rule releases (including Team updates, new Teams, star Players, etc.) published after 12th December 2021. Regarding FAQs and errata we will likewise follow the Eurobowl lead.

Really important notes.

This means Teams of Legend Norse NOT spike 14 Norse. The relevant ToL is linked below.
Likewise it will be ToL Amazons irrespective of whether their new Spike is released.
Riotous Rookies are NOT allowed. It is not on the list of permitted inducements and this is not an accidental omission


Game timings will be as follows:
10:00 to 10:15 Registration
10:15 to 12:30 Game One
12:30 to 13:30 Lunch
13:30 to 15:45 Game Two
15:45 to 16:00 Break
16:00 to 18:15 Game Three
18:15 to 18:45 Awards and close
Please note that in order to run the event to time, we may not be able to include anyone that arrives after the registration period has closed in the initial round one draw.

Etiquette
Blood bowl is a battle of skill and luck between you and your opponent. RULES quick reference guides are useful and encouraged. Play books that tell you HOW to set up, attempt a one turn touch down etc. are not!
We may not be able to include anyone that arrives after the registration period has closed in the initial round one draw. Previously the head ref has provided emergency spare man cover but we feel we need at least one dedicated ref so we won’t do this here.
Please don’t distract the top table(s) whilst they are playing the game, especially if you have a vested interest in a particular outcome!

Entry costs and payment
• Entry cost is £17 for NAF members or £22 for non-NAF, this includes sign up/renewal
• Entry cost includes food at the venue, please let us know if you have any special dietary requirements/restrictions.
• Please send payments for tournament sign up by PayPal to paypal.me/wybbltournaments
Could you select the ‘gift’ or ‘paying a friend’ option so we don’t lose out on fees please?
• Due to previous issues, we will not be offering refunds. However will try to help you sell your ticket on to another coach should the need arise.
• Any other queries can be directed to the ref team WYBBL-Tournaments@outlook.com.
• Please submit rosters to WYBBL-Tournaments@outlook.com in advance, deadline 1 October

Rules
Orktober Iron Cup will be using current (Second Season) rules and NAF approved additions as follows.
• Blood Bowl Second Season Rulebook (SSRB)
• Teams of Legend from Warhammer Community Page. Note this is an older Teams of Legend and contains what we will refer to as ToL Norse which is the version that is permitted in this tournament. We have linked this below
• NAF Rules for Tournaments (including Slann teams)
• Star players from Spike! Magazines editions 11-13 (NOT 14 or later)
• Note that the rules for Exhibition Play are being used (Second Season Rulebook pages 101-103)
• As we will be using “Resurrection” rules; coaches will play each match with the same starting roster and do not need to record SPPs or any ongoing injuries.
• Undead, Necromantic and Nurgle teams may gain an additional player as per the relevant “Masters of Undeath” or “Plague Ridden” rules but any players gained this way do not carry over to subsequent matches
• The ref team will be on hand to ensure rounds run to time and will advise of time remaining periodically throughout each round.
• Each player on your roster must be represented by an appropriate painted miniature. You do not need to have miniatures for coaching staff but of course may do so if you wish.

Rosters and team building
Please see the Eurobowl rules http://www.eurobowl.eu/2022/default.asp?p=2
Note that again only certain stars are permitted as per the Euros rule pack

Scoring and tiebreakers
These will be handled as per the “Score” and “Tiebreakers” section of the Eurobowl Rules

Awards
Subject to sufficient sign ups we aim to give awards in the following categories
• Overall Winner
• Most CAS
• Most TDs
• Stunty Cup (highest placing stunty team)
• Wooden Spoon (last place)
• Best Painted
• rising star (TBC)

Things To Bring With You
• A painted team.
• Your Blood Bowl board.
• Dice.
• Templates.
• Three roster sheets (one for the head ref, one for yourself and one for your opponent).

Rules clarifications.
Note some rules/interpretations are currently under active discussion, however the ref team would like to make their interpretation and intent on the following clear.
SSRB Page 27 “Falling Over” Please read "If a player Falls Over, a turnover is caused" as "If a player *on the active team* falls over, a turnover is caused". Reasoning: Under some very specific circumstances (e.g. on the ball skill) you may be able to move during your opponent’s turn. Having a player from the inactive team fall over will not cause a turnover in this way.
SSRB Page 130 & 133 "Two for One" (Grak and Crumbleberry/Swift Twins). This is not explicitly clarified but if both halves of a "Two for One" partnership become available again (e.g. recovery from KO) they will revert to their standard Loner 4+ trait. (note that you cannot use an apothecary on a star and there are currently no stars with this ability that can regenerate).

Useful links:
Teams of Legend
https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp- ... B7QwND.pdf
NAF rules for Tournaments
https://www.thenaf.net/wp-content/uploa ... s-2022.pdf
Blood bowl “designers’ commentary” (link updated)
https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp- ... n1dSer.pdf

[spleggy]

reserved for sign up list

0 - J (staff/spare man)
0 - Slimjono assist ref
0 - Tommonstrosity assist ref


1- Chilli
2 - Ratman
3 - Goggs (included NAF renewal)
4 - Bashto
5 - Bigshillers
6 - Souldan
7 - Pipey (vegetarian)
8 - Max Horseman (146)
9 - Chinos (22040)
10 - Darkthrone 28939
11 - CADMonkey
12 - bgmcclean
13 - Yorcie
14 - Podfrey
15 - Maya
16 - cammstainton210116
17 - nodgefodgekins
18 - douglowe
19 - Firebreather
20 - Forgotmytea (vegetarian)
21 - Justchris01
22 - Rebornflames
23 - Leipziger 4380
24 - Shakeyjames89
25 - Seg - 25795
26 - Vagabond1982uk 17684
27 - Barney_the_lurker
28 - SickAsEggs (29300) - Vegetarian
29 - RandomJunk (New NAF)
30 - WardrobeMonkey
31 - TomLodge
32 - Widram
33 - Dafo (vegan)
34 - RickWreckless
35 - Cryptic

[Waldorf28]

Your tournament your rules of course, but why on earth ban the new Norse? They are simultaneously a more interesting and more balanced roster than the ToL one!

[spleggy]

Your tournament your rules of course, but why on earth ban the new Norse? They are simultaneously a more interesting and more balanced roster than the ToL one!

Hey thanks for asking. In the same manner as we used the rulespack for the Austria World Cup as the basis for our Yorkshire One Day World Cup we will be using the Euro Malta rules for Orktober this year. This gives either an opportunity for a few practice games or for those that are missing out on the euros/europen to have a go with those rules anyway.

Running this event in isolation we would of course be using the new Norse Spike!, however given that we are borrowing a rules pack from an existing major it makes sense to follow their lead. Accordingly.

Any rule releases (including Team updates, new Teams, star Players, etc.) after 12th December 2021 will not be considered. The organising Team reserves the right to include parts of, or the whole FAQ planned to be released by games workshop in May 2022.

Source: http://www.eurobowl.eu/2022/default.asp?p=2

Hope that all makes sense

spleggy

[Waldorf28]

Well it makes sense from your point of view but not from theirs! Why deny nearly a year's worth of new releases? I understand a lock maybe a month out, but not *ten*.

[spleggy]

I can confirm that we are NAF approved

[Bigshillers]

Are there still spaces available for this?

And is it a team tournament or individuals?

[spleggy]

Are there still spaces available for this?

And is it a team tournament or individuals?

we're running this as a single coach (individual) tournament rather than squad based

by all means bring your friends of course

[Max Horseman]

2 x entries sent

[CADMonkey]

Money sent just now

[Podfrey]

Money sent for me & Maya

[spleggy]

There are Roster Building sheets available on the Eurobowl page! I strongly recommend using something like that is it helps to ensure your roster is valid and costed correctly!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... -SeB-AtYbx

Known issues with the above.

1) Riotous Rookies is NOT allowed (even though it appears on the sheet) as it is not on the list of permitted inducements.
2) It's not permitted to go over 16 players even though the sheet would allow you to take up to 16 players and 2 stars.

[douglowe]

I've sent you money too, to sign up

[firebreather]

Payment sent for Myself & Ben (Forgotmytea)

[spleggy]

Reminder that we recommend using the Euro roster builder available here (link for the single coach verson)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 8WJUa_qt0s

you will need to "make a copy" or "download" (both on the file menu) to get your own editable copy of the sheet

google sheets.jpg